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REGLINING ROCKING CHAIR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETcE.

GEORGE XV. COEN, OF MONTIOELLO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL M. BUSHNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

RECLINING ROCKlNG-CHAI R.

SI-EGEFECATEQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,038, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed September 15, 1883. Serial No. 177,183.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. COEN, of Monticello, in the county of Vhite and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining Rocking- Ohairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of a reclining lockingchair; and its object is to produce a chair which can be readily adjusted to change the inclination of the seat without the inconvenience of leaving the chair; and to this end the invention consists of the combina tions of parts, including their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of my improved reclining rocking-chair. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the chair, the top of one ofthe arms being cut away to disclose the interior construction. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the arms, a portion of the same being cut away to disclose the interior arrangement; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line a; roof Fig. 3.

Referring now to thegeneral construction of the chair, A A represent the rockers; B B, the front standards, and O G diagonal bracebars, upon the forward ends of which the seat-board D is rigidly secured, all of the parts named being united by screws or bolts, while the two side frames are braced by the frontcross-piece or round, E, which reaches from standard to standard, and also by the back round, F, which is secured to the diagonal braces O O.

The head-board G is carried by two strips, H H,which are pivotally connected with the brace-bars O G by pivot-bolts a, which pass through apertures formed in thelower ends of the strips H H, the head-board being secured to the upper ends of the said strips, as is clearly shown.

The arms K K consist of box'like structures, formed by side pieces, b b, which are united by a top piece or strip, 0. A short strip, (1, is

secured in the rear portion of the groove be- (No model.)

tween the side pieces, 0 b, the projecting end of the strip being formed with an aperture, through which a bolt, 6, is inserted to pivot ally connect the arm with thehraee l L'thcside pieces, I) 11, being cut or beveled oft atf, as is 5; clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, theidea being to make the side pieces closely approach the bars H H, but at the same time to permit a certain amount of vibration upon the pivot e. The forward ends ofthe arms are supported by connectingbars h h, which are pivotally secnred to the standards B B, and ride in the grooves formed beneath the top piece, c, by the side pieces, I) I), the bars 71. It being guided by platesi i. which are secured to the under 6 side of the forward portion of the arms, and being held in position by a catch, which will now be specifically described.

The upper sides of the bars h h are notched at 0 o, andarrauged to engage with the crossarm oi'an upwardly-projecting sti rru-pJt, which rides in ways Z l, formed in the side pieces, I) b, the downwardly-projecting arms ofthe stirrup being connected by the thumb-plate a, which is normally depressed by the action ofa spring, 7 5 m, thus holding the cross arm r in one of the notches 0. If, however, itis desired to change the position of the chair,thc thumb-plate is raised by a slight upward pressure thereon, and the arm 1' raised into the recess 0, after which the bars h h may be moved outward or inward, as the necessities of the case require, the chair being secured in the desiredposition by releasing the thumb-plates it, thus allowing the cross-arms ito enter one of the other notches, 0 0.

The carpet or canvas strip N, which c0nstitutes the body of the seat and back, is securely tacked to two strips, 19 p, and these strips are l in turn fastened to the seat and head-boards 0 by screws, which are turned closely home, so that there is considerable pressure between the strips 12 p and the boards named, which pressure acts upon every thread of the clamped fabric. A rectangular frame, M, upon one end 9 5 of which there is a foot-rest, I is supported beneath the seat by stops q g, which are arranged to form ways for the foot-rest frame to slide in,which frame may be pulled out to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, or shoved r :o

in, as shown in dotted lines, the range of motion being limited by stops q, carried by the frame M.

The relative position of the parts of the chair described maybe changedamdshifted by the occupant whilein the chair, and, as all material may be straight, no curved bars being required,except for the rockers, the chair will be strong and cheap.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentas and for the purpose setforth.

- see 039 In a reclining rocking-chair, the combination, with the rigid frame A B G, the back frame or bars, H, seat N, and arms K, of the sliding frame M, having at its forward and rear ends upon the under side pendent'stops q q, the front bars or legs and the back frame or bars provided with stops q, substantially \Vitnesses:

b. BUSHNELL, WM. W. MCCOLLOOH.

GEORGE W. OOEN. 

